Dress or garment form



Patented Aug. 2, I898. A. B. FRIEL. I

DRESS 0R GARMENT FORM.

(Application filed Dec. 15, 1896.)

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' No. 608,327. Patented Aug. 2, I898.

A. B. FRIEL. DRESS 0R GARMENT FORM.

(Application filed Dec. 15, 1896.)

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AUGUSTA BELLE FRIEL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

DRESS OR GARMENT FORM.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,327, dated August 2, 1898.

Application filed December 15 1896. Serial No. 615,770. (No model.)

To all whom it'mcty concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTA BELLE FRIEL, 'a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dress or Garment Forms, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

In'the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the form mounted on a stand. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the form, showing also a portion of the interior con-' struction. Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of the adj usting-straps used in the invention. Fig. 4 is a side View ,of the form, shown partly in cross-section and partly in elevation. Fig. 5 shows a plan and side elevation of the hook used to fasten the adjusting-straps.

My invention consists, primarily, of an interior flexible-- bag A, preferably of rubber. Surrounding this is a wadded jacket B, and over all is an adjustable outer flexible jacket 0. The form is intended generally to be mounted on a stand K, of which the rod G is adapted to slide within the tube F, which extends longitudinally through the form and which allowsthe form to be fixed at different heights by means of the set-screwf. The rod F is clamped at its upper and lower extremities to the bag. A by the clamps H and h. The interior bag is made preferably in 7 three sections, the bust and the two arms which are attached to the bust, as shown by the dotted lines at b, Fig '2. They are infiated through the tubes a and a a The outer jacket G is at all times and for all the purposes for which it is to be used an inseparable part of the form and is provided 011 its exterior surface with numerous adjusting-straps D, distributed in suitable places around the form and having one end fastened to the material of the outer jacket by being sewed or riveted thereto. In connection with each strap are two fastenings or hooks E, properly located, so they will engage with the eyelets of their respective straps. These fastenings or hooks are also attached to the material of the outer jacket by being sewedor riveted to it, as is preferred. The eyelets a of the straps are definitely spaced and numbered, as shown in Fig. 3, to correspond to the proportionate circumferential sizes of a human form at the places where they are located on the dress-form. The eyelets are soshaped that they will engage with a fastening, preferably in the form of the hook E. On the body of the form the straps are arranged in sets of, say, six surrounding it, and a sufficient number of sets are used to properly extend from the top to the bottom of the jacket.

To illustrate the manner of adjusting the form, I will make use of the strap shown in Fig. 3,which will represent one of the set surrounding the form, say, at the bust of the figure. The eyelets of the strap are numbered from 29 was, which represent-the extent of difference in inches of the circumference of different'human figures at that part of the form at which this set of straps are attached. The interior bag and its surrounding jackets are made of extreme sizeto correspond to large human figures. The form being fully inflated the outer jacket will then be taut and the lower hooks will engage with the eyelets 48 of each strap of the set, and the form at that part will be forty-eight inches around. If it is desired to reduce it four inches, each strap of the set is unhooked from the eyelets 48 and drawn up and rehooked in the eyelets 44. The form at this place has then been decreased in circumference four inches. If .it is necessaryto reduce it but one inchsay from 44 to 43-the lower hooks are released from the eyelets 44 and the straps drawn up and fastened by the upper hooks in the eyelets 43. In other words, to vary the form at any place an even number of inches the hooks are changed from one eyelet to another of the same line; but to vary it an odd number of inches it is necessary to shift the fastening from one line of eyelets to the other. The form may be reduced, as required, at any place by taking up the straps of the set located at that part of the form. By reversing the process here described or by unhooking from a lower-numbered eyelet and fastening in a higher-numbered one the dimensions of the form may be increased as desired. In the general use of the dress-form, the dimensions to which its various parts are to be made to correspond being ascertained by measurements of the human form for l which a garment is to be made, the straps are booked in the proper eyelets, as indicated by the figures in the margin designating them, to correspond with these measurements. The d ress-form is then a counterpart of the human form, having the same measurements, and the garment is fitted direct upon the lay figure.

If the interior bag of the form should be inflated so much as to be too rigid for the necessary compressing, some of the air within is allowed to escape through the admission tubes by means of the stop-cocks a" (t (1. until the form is small enough. If the interior bag is not inflated enough to give the form sufficient size, more air is forced into it.

The material of the jackets and the interior bag being flexible the folds occasioned by drawing up the straps readily sink inward, the tension on the straps not permitting an exterior bunch.

The straps 011 the arms and shoulders of the dress form are similar to those used on the body portion, being graduated and numbered in a like manner, and they are used to reduce the size of those parts of the form; but they differ from them in their number and arrangement and in their scope of action.

After the form has been adjusted to the proper dimensions throughout it is then in shape and ready for the draping or clothing of any garment which is to be fitted to it.

The parts 13 and I (shown in Fig. 2) are braces or stiffenings designed to be placed between the jackets to preserve the natural shape of the back, and they can be attached to the wadded jacket in any suitable manner that will serve to keep them in place.

The adj listing-straps are preferably made of leather lined with cloth, the cloth projecting, as indicated by d", Fig. 3, and the straphooks are preferably made of the form shown in Fig. 5.

The lacing c, Fig. 2, is intended to assist in compressing the hip portion of the form when necessary and is attached to the outer jacket. The lacing U Figs. 1 and 2, is intended to alter the size of the neck portion of the form and is attached to the collar 13 which is a part of the wadded jacket.

The object of the wadded jacket 13 is to prevent injury to the interior bag by puncturing with needles or pins, giving a substance to which the outer jacket or any other material can be pinned, if desired.

I am aware that graduated straps made of other materials than those which I have described can be used, such as link chains and other evident designs, and I therefore wish to cover as my invention such other styles of graduated adjusting agents for varying the size of inflated dress-forms as will answer substantially the same purpose as my straps are intended to fulfil, as herein described.

ll'aving described my invention, what I claim, and desire to soon ro by Letters Patent, 1s-- 1. A dress or garment form comprising an inner flexible, inflatable bag, surrounded by an outer adjusting covering or jacket of complete construction composed of flexible material to which is attached on the exterior surface of the jacket series of regularly-arranged adjusting-straps permanently secured at one end to the material thereof, the other end being adapted to engage with series of fastenings regularly arranged to correspond with the adjustingstraps and permanently secured to the outer surface of the jacket; the dimensions of the form being reduced by shortening the connecting lengths of the straps and enlarged bylengthening the same substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A dress or garment form comprising in combination an inner compressible body and an outer flexible adjustable covering or jacket therefor, said covering or jacket provided with series of adjusting-straps permanently attached at one end to the outer surface of the jacket; and fastenings permanently attached to the outer surface of the jacket, and adapted to engage and connect with the straps, substantially, and for the purposes set forth.

3. An adjustable dress or garment form com prising in com bination,an interior flexible inflatable bag, a surrounding flexible cover ing or jacket therefor, series of adjustingstraps and fastenings permanently secured to the outer surface of the jacket and located along those parts of the form the dimensions of which are to be varied, namely, the bust, back, shoulders and arms, the straps being placed lengthwise, parallel to the circumfen ence to be changed, each strap being graduated to its proper proportional part of the form at that place and adapted for enlarging or reducing the form by engaging with the fastening corresponding thereto at definite locations on the straps and holding the same to required dimensions substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4-. In an adjustable dress or garment form comprising in combination an inner inflatable bag and an outer covering or jacket therefor; the graduated adjusting'straps permanently secured to the outer surface of the jacket; the exterior permanently-attached fastenings to engage with the straps; and the auxiliary lacings b and 0 attached to the outer covering or jacket at the neck and rump portion of; the form, substantially shown and set forth.

5. In an adjustable dress or garment form the combination of an interior inflatable bag, an outer adjustable jacket provided on its exterior surface with attached graduated adjusting-straps and fastcnings and an intermediate flexible wadded jacket interposed between the outer ad justable jacket and the inflatable bag, substantially as set forth.

(5. A flexible dress or garment form consisting of an interior inflatable bag, an exterior adjustable jacket and an intermediate wad.-

ded jacket, said exterior jacket being pro- "vided with suitably-arranged attached straps and fastenings for adjusting the form to different sizes and dimensions, and having beneath said exterior jacket at the back of the form braces or stiffenings B and I secured to the wadded jacket for preserving the proper shape of the back substantially as shown and described. I

7. In an adjustable dress or garment form the combination of an interior inflatable bag, an outer covering or jacket provided on its exterior surface with attached straps and fastenings for varying the dimensions of the form, an intermediate wadded jacket interposed between the inner inflatable bag and.

the outer jacket, and the interior supportingstandard to Which the form is fastened at its extremities by the clamps H and H substantially as shown and described.

8. In adress or garment form the combination of the following partszan interior inflatable bag provided with admission-tubes a a a having stop-cocks a a w; an outer coverwith perforations; fastenings to engage with the perforations of the straps, and the lacings c b located as shown; an intermediate wadded jacket interposed between the inflatable bag and the outer covering or jacket; the back braces or stiffenings B and I; the supporting-stand K, the standard G and the tube F adjustable thereon all as shown and described.

9. A dress or garment form comprising, in combination, an inner compressible body and an outer flexible, adjustable jacket therefor, said covering or jacket provided with series of graduated adjusting-straps permanently attached at one end to the outer surface of the jacket, and being provided along their lengths with rows of definitely spacedand numbered eyelets; and of fastenings permanently attached to the outer surface of the jacket and adapted to engage with the eyelets of the straps substantially as shown and described.

' AUGUSTA BELLE FRIEL. Witnesses:

M. J. LORRAIN, J. F. DINWIDDIE. 

